VX-Xpress

23 posts

Every industry has its own language. In most cases, if your comfort zone happens to be outside the space identified by that profession, you may find yourself empathizing with mono-linguistic tourists in a foreign country. Such is the case for those not firmly entrenched in […]

In 1787, during the very early years following the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson expressed to another future U.S. President, James Madison, the belief that “a little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” While 225 years ago “rebellion,” or its synonym “revolution,” may have […]

A user named Mrhoads has created a “demo in a box” to demonstrate a wide range “what-if” scenarios to customers that has some very cool features! His demo works off a single ESXi 5.0 server which hosts two VX-Xpress virtual machines, a WAN emulator and […]

In the movie, “Top Gun,” satisfying the need for speed saved pilots’ lives. Today, a fast network saves revenue opportunities and people’s jobs. One of Silver Peak’s customers found this out first-hand. A user going by the name “Arles” works at a Brazilian company with […]

Stick around this industry long enough and you’re bound to hear the “same old-same old” posited as if it’s truly novel. Such is the case with this recent post by Lori MacVittie on the “epic failure” of standalone WAN optimization. It advises that to really […]

Alvinzzq reports in from Singapore with a simple VX-Xpress deployment experience. His company consists of several regional branches that were all working on a slow 1Mbps dedicate fiber or WiMAX VPN tunnel. Even sending a 10MB file through the WAN was a torturous process. However, […]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. To stay true to that statement, I’ll try to convey my story in as few words as possible. A few weeks back, we had one of my favorite Silver Peak VX-Xpress (VX-X) “Cool Deployment” posts yet: […]

Virtual WAN optimization remains an unavoidable and disruptive market force, offering one of the most compelling cost-to-performance benefits in networking and information technology. This is evident today by the Silver Peak VX-Xpress (VX-X) being downloaded more than 5,300 times since it was introduced just three […]

Last week, I highlighted a cool deployment of the VX-Xpress being quickly and easily installed on HP switches at VMworld Copenhagen. This week, we look at another cool deployment by network and storage systems integrator “SSBrendan,” where he leverages VX-Xpress to help a client optimize Celerra […]

At the recent VMWorld conference in Copenhagen, an HP networking solution architect going by the username “Allansh” demonstrated the power and flexibility of virtual WAN optimization that can be installed on any platform. The user incorporated the Silver Peak VX-Xpress into a demo for HP’s […]